Kiosk And Bus, Montparnasse District In Paris, By Marcel Parturier, Early 20th Century Painting

Marcel Parturier (Le Havre, 1901 – Paris, 1976)
Kiosk and bus, Montparnasse district in Paris undated
Oil on panel
Dimensions without frame: 33 x 44 cm.
Signed lower left.

Marcel Parturier (Le Havre, 1901 – Paris, 1976)
Member of the Ecole de Paris, Marcel Parturier grew up in the capital with parents of Norman origin. His father, Louis Eugène Parturier, was a painter and founder of the Société havraise des Beaux-Arts. At his side, he learned to paint on location during family holidays on the Normandy coast. At the age of 18, he moved to the capital, where he took classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After a stay in Tunisia in 1920-1921, which led him to tint his palette with brighter colors, he entered the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and rubbed shoulders with Lucien Simon and Othon Friesz. He exhibited for the first time at only 24 years old at the Carmine gallery in Paris. His work is mainly composed of Normandy landscapes – some landscapes from Brittany, Provence and the Paris region – and views of Paris, notably of the Montparnasse district, where he had his studio and apartment.